Photo: Ph.D. Candidate and Research Assistant Contact info Email: pete36@uga.edu Office: Geography-Geology, Room 313 Phone Number: 706-542-2926 Research Interests: Modeling atmospheric carbon exchange using micrometeorology and remote sensing to examine the effects of environmental gradients on primary production and light use efficiency of coastal salt marshes across the Southeastern United States. Education Education: B.L.A College of Environment + Design University of Georgia GIS Certificate Department of Geography University of Georgia Research Selected Publications: Gaiser, E. E., Kominoski, J. S., McKnight, D. M., Bahlai, C. A., Cheng, C., Record, S., et al. (2022). Long-term ecological research and the COVID-19 anthropause: A window to understanding social–ecological disturbance. Ecosphere, 13(4), e4019. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4019 Hawman, P. A., Mishra, D. R., O’Connell, J. L., Cotten, D. L., Narron, C. R., & Mao, L. (2021). Salt Marsh Light Use Efficiency is Driven by Environmental Gradients and Species‐Specific Physiology and Morphology. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 126(5). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG006213 Salmi, R., Presotto, A., Scarry, C. J., Hawman, P., & Doran-Sheehy, D. M. (2020). Spatial cognition in western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla): an analysis of distance, linearity, and speed of travel routes. Animal Cognition. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-020-01358-3